11 May
2006
11 May
'06
10:53 a.m.
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From: "Richard" <legalize at xmission.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 12:11 PM
Subject: Caddy CD-ROM drives (was: Stewpit Indy questions <:-/)
In article <af4d09740605110742p10c3b4f7j248e084df1c0634a at mail.gmail.com>,
"James Rice" <james.rice at gmail.com> writes:
Early CDROM drives (and CDR drives) were expensive and the caddy system was
rated at 2x or more insertions compared to other types. I guess they were
under the impression that those drives would be used for a decade and should
last a long time. Once CDROM speed started going up, prices started to drop,
and trays became more reliable caddy drives disappeared.
I've been using some 12X and 24x SCSI
Toshiba's on both of my Indy's
(R4400 and R5000). I did have problems with the same drives on the
Indigo's so I picked up a couple of old external Toshiba's (1x or 2x)
that were the same vintage as the Indigo's. They seem to work well
but they are the older caddy style drives.
Speaking of which...
I never understood why CD-ROM drives used the caddy thing. Why not
just use a tray like the drives have now?
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